Tony Kloiber
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Is the Comp your using in AE the preset for the footage type? (1440 x 1080i with ‘fatter pixels’)
This plus making sure your output settings match the footage should make the footage keep its shape.Artwork should be made at the “real” resolution (1920 x 1080) if its square pixels and then when you put it into you comp in AE fit the footage to the Comp (cmd-Shift-F on a mac I think). This will appear to squeeze it.
To work in AE and see everything in the right shape use the Pixel Aspect Correction button.
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Dan gave me that expression a couple years ago when I need to animate several hundred still files. Man did it save me some time on that project.
Thank you again Dan.
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Dan gave me that expression a couple years ago when I need to animate several hundred still files. Man did it save me some time on that project.
Thank you again Dan.
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Yikes! Mike can you say cranky track in this forum 😉
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Tracking is an automated way of adding keyframes. You’ll fine that you probably will do a bit of both. Do a 4 point (Perspective or parallel corner pin) track. I would make a soild the size of the object you want to add and appy the tracking data to that and then parent your real object to the soild I think! There is the choice in the ‘edit target menu’ of ‘apply to effect point’ but it was greyed out. Not sure what I had setup wrong there. I have not done a 4 point track since the new (7) version of AE.
BTW I just did the Shake Tutorial on this subject and Shakes tracking setup was great.
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Great bit of thinking there Pete.
The work around for improving the playback is a big help.
I’m wondering if its possible to take the repositioning idea and use tracking data instead. Track the van and then use that for position data creating a temporary relatively still object. Then roto the edges as they change and reapply the tracking data to get the mask to move as you did. I’ll see if I can work that out.Hopefully these work arounds will all be old school when Adobe gets to adding roto specific tools to AE.
Thanks again,
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Great bit of thinking there Pete.
The work around for improving the playback is a big help.
I’m wondering if its possible to take the repositioning idea and use tracking data instead. Track the van and then use that for position data creating a temporary relatively still object. Then roto the edges as they change and reapply the tracking data to get the mask to move as you did. I’ll see if I can work that out.Hopefully these work arounds will all be old school when Adobe gets to adding roto specific tools to AE.
Thanks again,
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[KurryFiddler] “I have some ideas about rotoscoping and using some effects to make some video productions extra special. What I want to know is that if it’s possible, “
Well at this point it might be more like everyday, but yes. PS can help you make a clean plate. Keep in mind that it is a still application. All footage (sequence of frames) shot with a camera has some grain or noise. If part of your bkg is from a still file there will be a difference in appearance between it and the rest of the shot.
Best bet is to shoot the shot with and without the objects you want to “paint” out.
Mark and Dave both have good tips about working right in AE. I never use PS for roto or paint, I just do it in AE. I don’t paint that often so it always takes a while for me to figure out which to use (paint or vector paint) and how.
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Do a search on the topic here in the forum. Mylenium may work for windows but on the mac I have to copy a whole bunch of stuff.
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Currently the only treatment for LCT is constant overdoses of The Marx Brothers and Jonathan Winters. This numbs you day to day comedy reaction.
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